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Originally, I planned on putting something up today about the new iTunes deal constructed by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra but things became busy and I have to put that off until the beginning of next week. So instead of putting up an article today I’m going to point everyone to some news stories which have

According to Norman Lebrecht, the world of classical music soloists and conductors is all about the money. Norman takes aim at the issue of artist fees in the October 5th edition of his weekly La Scena column…

It’s time for an update regarding some of the benefit concerts which have taken place in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina…

In the wake of the 2005 Orchestra Website Review, I had some intriguing discussions with a few soloists. We were talking about how their managers employ PR professionals to create an online image to promote their public image. Each conversation eventually led to the differences between how their PR professionals work at publicizing them as

The position that having an orchestra around is good for a community’s bottom line is almost obligatory in an orchestral organization’s grant writing and fundraising environments. My blog neighbor, Andrew Taylor, has published some really fascinating material on the topic which examines whether or not all of those numbers hold up to scrutiny. A recent